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Joel’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Joel’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Joel Burcat
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A compelling and unusual novel that I highly recommend
Howard Langer’s The Last Dekrepitzer is a compelling and unusual novel that I highly recommend, particularly for readers interested in stories that explore identity, faith, and cross-cultural connections. The book traces the remarkable life of Rabbi Shmuel Meir Lichtbencher—known by several names, including Sam Lightup, Sam Light, and the Dekrepitzer Rebbe—from his childhood in a small Polish vill
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Amid Rage (Mike Jacobs, #2)
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Reap the Wind
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Drink to Every Beast
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The Law of Oil and Gas In Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania Environmental Law and Practice
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A Gripping, Exceptionally Well-Written Wilderness Thriller Edge of the Fall by Gregory Wilson Taylor is a remarkable blend of action-adventure and psychological thriller. It combines the best elements of crime and survival fiction with relentless susp ...more |
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A Gripping, Exceptionally Well-Written Wilderness Thriller Edge of the Fall by Gregory Wilson Taylor is a remarkable blend of action-adventure and psychological thriller. It combines the best elements of crime and survival fiction with relentless susp ...more |
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| Don Winslow’s The Force is a blistering antihero novel that propels the reader into the moral gray zone and refuses to let go (if you know my writing, that’s where I like to play, too). At its center is Denny Malone, a cop who loves New York City, lo ...more | |
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| Don Winslow’s The Force is a blistering antihero novel that propels the reader into the moral gray zone and refuses to let go (if you know my writing, that’s where I like to play, too). At its center is Denny Malone, a cop who loves New York City, lo ...more | |
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Atmosphere
by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Historical Fiction, Readers' Favorite Audiobook |
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“The morning was one of those tropical summer mornings after a nighttime rain, when the air is full of steam and everything glistens for a short, magical time before the sun burns it off. It promised to be the kind of summer day best spent dozing by the pool, not trudging across a torrid drill pad. The air at the Campbell pad was heavy with an odd mixture of diesel from the equipment and pollen and manure from the nearby farms.”
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“The channel of Roaring Run itself was less than six feet wide. He stood at the edge of the brook watching the water undulate as it coursed over the moss-slicked rocks. The aroma was primeval, of earth and decaying plants and water and rotten wood. Mike loved the smell. He took a deep breath and held it in his lungs.”
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“London town. What a city! It’s a Dick Whittington’s cat’s meow – correct, corruptible. It purrs, plays the tune of non-violence without the cops and robbers guns. A nicely tuned night-sticked society that has it made because it’s lost the false bigness of empired emptiness. Love this town!” (By David S. Burcat)”
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“I want my readers to feel they are with my characters in the courtroom, a canoe on a polluted river, or a strip mine. I want them to see, feel, and smell what the characters are seeing, feeling, and smelling. If my characters are scared, I want my readers to be scared too. That is the ultimate goal of a writer.”
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“The channel of Roaring Run itself was less than six feet wide. He stood at the edge of the brook watching the water undulate as it coursed over the moss-slicked rocks. The aroma was primeval, of earth and decaying plants and water and rotten wood. Mike loved the smell. He took a deep breath and held it in his lungs.”
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― Amid Rage
“After exchanging pleasantries with the group, Darius Moore fired up his laptop and reviewed emails without pause, banging out responses like a jazz pianist on a baby grand.”
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